diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2613603..535ddf9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ dependencies = [
         # can address a new bug that showed up in SA 2.1.0b1
         # cf. https://github.com/kvesteri/sqlalchemy-utils/issues/800
         "SQLAlchemy<2.1",
-
-        # nb. this must be pinned for now, until pyramid can remove
-        # its dependency on pkg_resources.
-        # cf. https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues/3731
-        "setuptools<81",
 ]